tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post1169821459953081428..comments2015-03-03T19:04:16.832-05:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Can We MAKE You Crazy?Dinahnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-40411160184396166012010-01-11T19:52:01.269-05:002010-01-11T19:52:01.269-05:00Some perspectives purport that absolutely nothing ...Some perspectives purport that absolutely nothing in our realm of experience can be separated from the culture in which it is experienced. Even the most undebatable &quot;facts&quot; are seen through the filter of the culture that subscribes to them. As new facts are discovered, they are often rejected by their societies and the individuals that promote them even persecuted for their assertions. Think about the resistance to a scientific principle as &quot;basic&quot; as the movement of the stars. Societies reject ideas they cannot tolerate regardless of the evidence to support it.<br /><br />This is not to say that a cultural filter is always a bad thing. It is simply an unavoidable thing. Nothing exists in a vacuum of experiences and ideas that influence all other experiences and ideas.The Silent Voices in my Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07341880178531061836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-17787694368431415342010-01-11T09:14:48.563-05:002010-01-11T09:14:48.563-05:00Classification of physical illness is not cultural...Classification of physical illness is not culturally neutral either. In fact if you read George Lakof&#39;s Women, Fire and Dangerous Things, you will see that, from a linguistic perspective categories vary from culture to culture. As for mental &quot;illnesses&quot; even DSM calls them disorders. Bottom line is real people need help for their problems.moviedochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03617061594621924756noreply@blogger.com